banal

英 [bəˈnɑːl]

美 [bəˈnɑːl]

adj.  平庸的; 平淡乏味的; 无关紧要的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 平庸的；平淡乏味的；无关紧要的
  very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

英英释义

adj

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:commonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn

双语例句

• The latest effort is also banal and embarrassing but this time I am reproducing it below.
  最近这次努力也同样平淡无奇且让人难为情，但这一次，我把它复制在下面。
• The script is utterly banal. It is incredible that human minds can put such muck on to paper.
  这个剧本是十足的平庸之作，难以想象有人会写出这样的垃圾。
• Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
  隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
• The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
  歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。
• He just sat there making banal remarks all evening.
  他整晚都坐在那儿说些无聊的话。
• This sounds pretty banal but you'd be surprised how often people fail to heed this standard advice.
  这听起来很老套，但你会吃惊地发现人们是多麽容易忽视这条放之四海而兼准的好建议。
• I couldn't think of anything to say that wouldn't sound banal.
  我想不出任何听上去不是陈词滥调的话可说。
• The text is banal
  课文索然无味。
• With children in tow I was planning a more wholesome, though equally as banal, existence.
  因为有孩子跟着，我计划过一种更有益健康，但同样平淡无奇的生活。
• Most financial-planning advice, like most New Year's resolutions, is too complex or too banal.
  大多数财务规划建议就像大多数新年许愿一样，不是太复杂就是太平庸。